YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP FROM YOUR APP STORE. WELL, TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THIS INJURED MANATEE IN BREVARD COUNTY. WILDLIFE TEAMS WANTED TO GET IT OUT OF THE WATER BEFORE THE BUSY MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. JUSTIN WARMOTH WAS THERE FOR THE BIG RESCUE. WE'RE TOLD THE MANATEE IS IN BAD SHAPE AFTER APPARENTLY GETTING HIT BY A BOAT OUT HERE IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON ABOUT A WEEK AGO. AFTER A COUPLE FAILED ATTEMPTS, WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL RESCUE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT TODAY BETWEEN FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE AND SEAWORLD TO CORRAL THIS EIGHT-FOOT, 800-POUND INJURED MANATEE, WHO WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON ABOUT A WEEK AGO. WE HAD TO GET IN THE WATER AND ACTUALLY LIFT THE CORK LINE UP A LITTLE BIT SO THE MANATEE DIDN'T FLOAT OVER THE TOP OF THE NET. USUALLY IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WE ENCOUNTER WHEN WE CAPTURE MANATEES BECAUSE THEY WOULD NORMALLY DIVE. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE SAYS WILDLIFE OFFICERS HAS BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE MANATEE SINCE SHE WAS SPOTTED LAST WEDNESDAY. THEY TRIED TO TRAP IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT FAILED DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES, WHICH IS WHERE SEAWORLD COMES IN. THIS ANIMAL IS HIGHLY MOBILE, HANGING OUT IN DEEPER WATER. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT TO CATCH HER SAFELY. SEAWORLD HAS THE RIGHT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT AND PLENTY OF RESCUERS. THEY DROPPED THEIR BOAT IN THIS AFTERNOON AT THE PORT ST. JOHN BOAT RAMP HEADING TOWARD THE INJURED MANATEE AND WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES WERE ABLE TO TRAP HER WITH A NET. FROM THERE, IT LEARNED IT HAS AIR TRAPPED IN ITS BODY LIKELY FROM A BROKEN RIB AND INJURED SO BADLY IT COULDN'T SUBMERGE. IT WAS FLOATING LIKE A BUOY IN THE WATER. COULDN'T DIVE VERY WELL. WHICH FORTUNATELY FOR US WAS EASIER TO CATCH THAT WAY AND GET A NET AROUND HER EASIER BECAUSE IT COULDN'T DIVE.

TITUSVILLE, Fla. -

It was a team effort Wednesday between Florida Fish and Wildlife and SeaWorld to coral an 8-foot, 800-pound critically injured manatee.

The manatee was found floating in the Indian River Lagoon about a week ago after apparently getting hit by a boat.

"We had to get in the water and lift the cork line up a little bit so the manatee didn't float over the top of the net," said SeaWorld curator Randy Reynolds. "Usually that's not a problem we encounter when we capture manatees because they would normally dive."

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Wildlife officials say they've been keeping an eye on the manatee ever since it was spotted last Wednesday. After a couple failed attempts to trap the sea cow, SeaWorld was called to bring it to shore.

"This animal is highly mobile. She is hanging out in deeper water. We absolutely have to have the right type of equipment to catch her safely," said Ann Spellman, a biologist with Florida Fish and Wildlife.

SeaWorld dropped their boat in Wednesday afternoon at the Port St. John boat ramp and headed toward the injured manatee, who was a floating a couple hundred yards from shore.

Within a couple of minutes they were able to trap it with a net. From there, they found out it has air trapped in its body, likely from a broken rib, and was injured so badly it couldn't submerge.

"It was floating like a buoy. It couldn't dive very well. Fortunately for us, she was easier to catch that way," said Reynolds. "It was easier to get a net around it because it couldn't dive, but it's a serious uphill battle."

The manatee is being taken to Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa for rehabilitation and once its fully recovered it'll be returned back to the Indian River Lagoon.

SeaWorld says this is the sixth manatee they've rescued this year.

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